This module populates /etc/motd with the contents of a simple template file.

The MOTD module demonstrates how to utilize templates within a module class and provides a means with which to experiment with the puppet module tool.

What MOTD affects:

• contents of etc/motd

Motd utilizes the contents of motd/motd.erb to populate etc/motd. You must declare the class to use it:

include motd

MOTD allows you to use the default contents of the template, customize the template, drop your own template into the templates folder, or specify a template in a different location.

If you would like to change the location of the template:

class { 'motd':
  template => template('mymodule/mytemplate.erb'),
}

Platforms : Linux

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We want to keep it as easy as possible to contribute changes so that our modules work in your environment. There are a few guidelines that we need contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things.

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